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pampango

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Sat Sep 17, 2016, 09:01 PM Sep 2016

Conservative MP's in UK push for quick, hard Brexit.

Theresa May faces rebellion as Tory MPs launch new 'hard Brexit' campaign

Theresa May is facing fresh unrest from Eurosceptic Tory MPs who are plotting a major campaign to push her into delivering a “hard Brexit”.

A new group, Leave Means Leave, launches today with the aim of getting the UK out of the EU’s single market, ending the influence of Brussels on British laws, and scrapping European “free movement” migration.

The group has won the backing of leading Tories, including Dominic Raab, the former justice minister, Owen Paterson, the former environment secretary, and Sir Gerald Howarth, the former defence minister who chairs the Thatcherite Tory group, Conservative Way For

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/17/theresa-may-faces-rebellion-as-tory-mps-launch-new-hard-brexit-c/

Looks like the conservative Prime Minister is not moving fast enough on Brexit to keep the far right happy.
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Conservative MP's in UK push for quick, hard Brexit. (Original Post) pampango Sep 2016 OP
Oh Boy, Wellstone ruled Sep 2016 #1
 

Wellstone ruled

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1. Oh Boy,
Sat Sep 17, 2016, 09:10 PM
Sep 2016

and the Conservatives thought they could drag their feet. Ms. Merkel is laughing her hinny off with this.

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